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Nintendo's decision not to bring cult classic Mother 3 to the west was purely "business", former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé has said.

While the quality of the racing was debatable as were some of the off-track antics - including an incredible Spinal Tap-esque underground ramble to the podium and that fake marina - the weekend’s Miami GP felt like something of a watershed moment for F1, as the sport finally cracked the US audience. It’s been over 30 years since the Phoenix GP failed to bring in as many fans as the Ostrich derby happening in the next town over, and it’s incredible to see the progress that’s been made.

This week is a momentous occasion for DF Direct, as old hands John and Alex are joined by a new face: Oliver! He's produced sterling work for the channel over the last few months, and has plenty of insight into the week's news on this occasion as well.

You know the feeling where you see something, and you know you've seen it somewhere before but can't quite put your finger on where - and then it suddenly hits you and it all makes sense? Well, that's what happened to the developers of Final Fantasy 16, when Bloodborne was first released. They pretty much had the exact same idea themselves, they say, but their game was cancelled before we got to hear about it.

The PC servers for the Dark Souls games have now been offline for over 100 days.

Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse (which manages all of miHoYo's global operations outside of China) has teased its upcoming game, Zenless Zone Zero.

The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth is a new game set in Tolkien's fantasy world for mobile phones, developed by EA's Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes studio Capital Games.

The Chinese government has stepped up its rules around live streaming platforms to prevent children from tipping streamers, or streaming themselves without guardian consent.

Remember Resident Evil Re:Verse? Capcom's multiplayer spin-off from Resident Evil Village has resurfaced via a new European PEGI ratings board listing.

Activision has revealed its Call of Duty mobile game is doing just as well as its PC and console games are, with the mobile title having now reached an impressive 650m downloads.

The New York Times has decided to remove today's intended Wordle answer, in case players thought its appearance was an attempt by the newspaper to reference a "major recent news event".

When you think of Left 4 Dead, in general the image of a zombie comes to mind. However, if Gabe Newell had his way, this may not be the case, as the Valve president initially felt zombies were a bit cliché and "cheesy".

Players of Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters are frustrated with Twitch drops to promote the game, causing developer Complex Games to release the items in a future update.

Chinese-Canadian esports player Biofrost has come out as gay and criticised the industry for its lack of inclusion.

A recent WWE financial call has revealed the existence of an upcoming wrestling-based RPG game, which will be officially announced "soon".

You might have seen that last week we refreshed our Supporter program, introducing game giveaways and kicking off a newsletter that'll be arriving in all subscriber's inboxes, and alongside all that there's this: the Eurogamer Weekly, a quick digest of what's been going on that's going to premium subscribers on Fridays before being rolled out to everyone a few days later.

Originating as a spin-off of the Story of Seasons - formally called Harvest Moon - franchise, the Rune Factory series marries traditional farming simulator mechanics with dungeon crawling RPG gameplay. One day you may be carefully cultivating your growing form, only to spend the next cutting down monsters with your sword and possibly taming a few to work in your fields. Fans of the series have waited nine years, only broken by a part of Rune Factory 4 in 2019, for Rune Factory 5, which was released in Japan during May 2021 and in March of this year outside of Japan.

Microsoft is reportedly set to launch an Xbox cloud gaming streaming device in the next 12 months.

Just over a couple of months since its initial launch, Valve's Steam Deck continues to evolve and its latest beta firmware features three key features that aim to significantly improve the gaming experience. In turn, those features are the ability to change the display's refresh rate from anything between 40 to 60Hz, optional static variable rate shading (VRS) plus improved acoustics. Addressing issues of loudness, battery life, gameplay fluidity and more, the overall takeaway is that Valve's makes the mobile experience better - but not every new feature is a hit.

Ron Gilbert has responded to fans unhappy with Return to Monkey Island's art style, stating "Return to Monkey Island may not be the art style you wanted or were expecting but it's the art style I wanted".

Double Fine Productions has spoken out after a leaked document reveals the US Supreme court plans to overturn Roe v Wade, a 50-year old judgement that legalises abortion across North America.

Exploring the Lands Between in Elden Ring is a mind-blowing experience as it is, but just you wait until you see this new R.E.A.L. VR mod from master modder Luke Ross in action. Experiencing FromSoftware's brutal but beautiful world from a first-person VR perspective will melt your brain quicker than the burning breath of an angry dragon!

It looks like Gotham Knights may be expanding its co-op plans to encompass four player co-op instead of just two.

Babylon's Fall, Platinum Games' action RPG, saw its concurrent PC player count drop to just a single player on PC on Wednesday, 4th May, 2022.

Lost Ark's first Legion Raid, Valtan, is set to release in the western version of the game now developer Smilegate believes "enough of [its] player base has reached the item level needed to participate".

You'd be hard pressed to name a bigger powerhouse in the early 2000's than Capcom; the house of Mega Man was on an absolute tear with near constant hits like Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe. Enjoying a similarly strong run was The Legend Of Zelda series. In the space of just five years, Ocarina of Time had revolutionised RPGs, Majora's Mask and the Oracle games offered unique takes on the Zelda formula, and The Wind Waker stood as arguably the series' best adventure yet.

Retro game remakes are tough to do well - in addition to making old games playable on modern hardware, you've also got to understand the intent of the original creators to keep the spirit of that game alive, especially if you're looking to produce a proper remake rather than a mere remaster.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Nvidia $5.5m USD for failing to properly disclose the impact of cryptomining on revenue the company earned from the sale of its gaming GPUs - a failure the SEC says "deprived investors of critical information [needed] to evaluate the company’s business in a key market".

Despite having already cancelled one attempt at turning EVE Online into an FPS, developer CCP's enthusiasm for the project apparently remains strong: it's now confirmed that, two years after Project Nova officially got the chop, work on a new FPS continues at its London Studio.

Following comments last week that Final Fantasy 16 was in the "final stages" of development, producer Naoki Yoshida has offered a further progress update, confirming, among other things, that a new trailer for the long-awaited JRPG is expected to release soon.